Re: Discovering A SATA HD

2008-02-23 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 23 Feb, Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Which SATA controller are we talking about? Post the output of: > lspci -nn | grep -i sata debian:~# lspci -nn 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M890CE Host Bridge [1106:0336] 00:00.1 Host bridge [0600]: VIA Technologies, In

Re: Discovering A SATA HD

2008-02-23 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 22 Feb, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What do you mean get the machine to see? I can't access it, view it, format it or anything? I'm at a complete loss on how to proceed. > What does dmesg show? eth0: RTL8169s/8110s at 0xd8850c00, 00:e0:4c:69:13:15, IRQ 50 Probing IDE interface

Discovering A SATA HD

2008-02-22 Thread Mitch Crawford
How do I get my machine to see a newly added Single SATA HD? not RAID The BIOS setting is set to IDE and is detected by the bios OK ASUS M2V-MX SE motherboard running 4.0r2 (2.6.18) and a Samsung 500Gb Sata HD I do have another identical drive and wondered whether RAID was better than having the

New User-Network Problem Still

2008-02-22 Thread Mitch Crawford
Thanks to all those that helped get my internet connection working. AFAICT the Guru router seems to be replying with malformed packets on the DNS, just what that means I don't know at this stage, but my other machines seem to connect OK. All i have done basically is list the router 3rd and put th

Re: New User-Network Problem Still

2008-02-17 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 17 Feb, Jeff D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This to me suggests that you have a dns related issue. I'd check to make > sure you have no entries in /etc/hosts for 1.0.0.0 , then you check > your nameservers each by: host ftp.debian.org 10.0.0.254 , then replace > the 10.0.0.254 with each dns se

New User-Network Problem Still

2008-02-17 Thread Mitch Crawford
I _DON'T_ think this _IS_ a dns issue anymore. I can ping external addresses & traceroute finds them it just appears to be the web browsers that can't. Anybody got any idea? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscrib

New User-Network Problem Still

2008-02-17 Thread Mitch Crawford
Ok, I noticed when the machine booted, a lwresd ( lightweight resolver daemon) which appears to be running as well as bind ? What DNS services should be running? or are multiple ones compatable with each other? How do I check for clashes etc ? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To U

Re: New User-Network Problem Still

2008-02-17 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 17 Feb, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hhhm, I have: > hosts: files dns > You could at least try putting 'dns' immediately after 'files'. had tried before, & now looks like that > The only thing I can find related to mdns (and which seems relevant > here) is avahi-daemo

Re: New User-Network Problem Still

2008-02-17 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 17 Feb, Tony van der Hoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What's that comma doing there? typo, since I've not got the network working yet! -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: New User-Network Problem Still

2008-02-17 Thread Mitch Crawford
Looking in /etc/nsswitch.conf I have a line hosts:files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4 I presume this is the order used to find hosts... and does it look correct? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscr

Re: New User-Network Problem Still

2008-02-17 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 17 Feb, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What's that comma doing there? typo also other typo #ip address shows eth0 shows 10.0.0.7 when it is actually 10.0.0.6 > Also note that all nameserver lines after the first three will be > ignored, and your "domain" and "search" lines are at b

Re: New User-Network Problem Still

2008-02-17 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 17 Feb, Russell L. Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can the other machines in your LAN ping 10.0.0.6 ? yes, no problem > A few days ago, upon routine (daily) upgrading with Synaptic, I > discovered that network-manager (which previously was not working > correctly on this machine) was obtain

New User-Network Problem Still

2008-02-17 Thread Mitch Crawford
OK I've reinstalled Debian 4.0r2, removed network-manager, dhcdbd, and the libnm-glib0 and libnm-util0 stuff. I have a static IP 10.0.0.6 255.255.255.0 There are NO proxies running anywhere that i'm aware of. I have 3 other machines connected to this 4 port router all which can connect ok & have

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-16 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 16 Feb, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mitch writes: > > Why I want static IP addresses so don't want DHCP turned on. > Then you are going to have to get the IP numbers of your ISP's > nameservers and put them in /etc/resolv.conf. Done that /etc/resolv.conf domain local.net nameserve

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Mitch Crawford
OK, I can ping local & external sites. I still can't browse by name, but entering the IP no in the browser allows me to connect to some sites. I've added more ISP dns numbers to /etc/resolv.conf I've still no idea what's wrong :-( -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 15 Feb, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Have you removed NetworkManager? > > no, how do i do that ? > With aptitude. Ok, Done that, now what -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? C

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 15 Feb, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Have you removed NetworkManager? > > no, how do i do that ? > With aptitude. what would the command be ? (I have no idea) > I'm a bit confused. > Do we have two peopl with networking troubles using th

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 15 Feb, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, we'll start from here. thanks > Have you removed NetworkManager? no, how do i do that ? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 15 Feb, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can only use fixed IP if the router to which you are connecting is > under your control as well. If it will only use DHCP then you have to > use it for the network connection between this box and the router. I think the router uses DHCP

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 15 Feb, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I thought you said that the router was the DHCP server and that the > debian box we're working on should use DHCP (as a __client__). I think it is Paul that is having simialr problems No this is a fresh install of debian 4.0r2. I have tried

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Mitch Crawford
I've tried deactivating eth0 and rebooted. the program NetworkManager Applet 0.6.4 connects with active connection ,the IP no is169.254.176.243 as per the link-local setting. Again i can connect with the browser only to www.debian.org but now i can't ping local machines or internet addresses. rou

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 15 Feb, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ok i've rebooted again and still the same. > I've looked in /etc/networks and it has a line link-local 169.254.0.0 > what is this for, as this was nearly the ip i get when the network > connects to the router and gets its own ip. (169.254.176.243)] I've be

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Mitch Crawford
Ok i've rebooted again and still the same. I've looked in /etc/networks and it has a line link-local 169.254.0.0 what is this for, as this was nearly the ip i get when the network connects to the router and gets its own ip. (169.254.176.243)] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 15 Feb, Jeff D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, it looks like you might have a dns issue now. I would suggest you > verify your dns settings in /etc/resolv.conf. It should look something > like this: > search your.domain > nameserver 1.3.5.7 > nameserver 2.4.6.8 I've got nameserver 10.0.0.25

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 15 Feb, Jeff D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, that all looks good, is everything working now? No > ping? seems to be fine names & IP nos. >browsing web? I canconnect to www.debian.org and www.google.co.uk serching google for debian comes up with a list, i can select & connect to a link www

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Mitch Crawford
ok i've rebooted and now have: > > ip route show > 10.0.0.0/24 dev eth0 protp kernel scope link src 10.0.0.6 default via 10.0.0.254 dev eth0 > > or if you dont have the iproute2 package installed > > ifconfig eth0 > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:4C:69:13:15 > inet addr:10.0.0.6 Bc

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 15 Feb, Jeff D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you aren't using ipv6 you can disable it by adding : > alias ipv6 off > to /etc/modprobe.d/aliases ok done that. > whats the out put of: > ip address show dev eth0 2: eth0: mtu1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000 link/ether 00:e0:4c:69:13:15 brd ff

New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Mitch Crawford
OK I've tried setting up the dhcp server and am still having similar results so I've gone back to fixed IP nos. I can ping local machines by name & number I can ping www.debian.org using the web browser epiphany i can't connect using the IP no for debian.org or by name. the browser iceweasel

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 15 Feb, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > sudo apt-get remove --purge zeroconf package zeroconf is not installed, so not removed. On 15 Feb, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just try "aptitude purge zeroconf". the following packages have been kept back: linux-image-2.6.-486 0 packa

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-14 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 15 Feb, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ifconfig is showing inet6 addr with the 169.254.176.243 net address, > You probably have zeroconf installed. Remove it. Where does it live ? Search can't find it -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-14 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 15 Feb, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > internet <-> ISP <-> router <-> [your computer] <-> your network > and I assume that we are then discussing [your computer]. The debian, all the others are working fine internet <-> ISP<->router-<-> Debian box

New User- Network Problem

2008-02-14 Thread Mitch Crawford
ifconfig is showing inet6 addr with the 169.254.176.243 net address, where is this coming from, the router or the ISP ? I can't connect using any other method or settings. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe"

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-14 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 14 Feb, Paul Cartwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > right now there are these 3 scripts: > S38resolvconf > S39ifupdown > S40networking I havn't got S38 ? What I have found is that if I disable the network & re enable it I do get a connection from the wired network. I'm gu

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-14 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 14 Feb, Mitch Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm having problems with a new installation 4.0r2 > I can't get the machine to connect out using the browser. > I can ping local machines ( i've set up hosts file & use fixed ip nos only > in the 10.0.0

New User- Network Problem

2008-02-14 Thread Mitch Crawford
I'm having problems with a new installation 4.0r2 I can't get the machine to connect out using the browser. I can ping local machines ( i've set up hosts file & use fixed ip nos only in the 10.0.0.x 255.255.255.0 range) I can ping debian.org ok, it gives 192.25.206.10 as an ip no so the dns appea